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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cacciato finally answer Paul Berlin's plea to agree to the murder?
(a) He lets Paul Berlin touch his hand to the grenade.
(b) He walks away into the jungle.
(c) He tells Sidney Martin about the conspiracy.
(d) He tells Oscar Johnson he is in.

2. What form of public execution does the Squad attend in Chapter 29?
(a) A stoning.
(b) A hanging.
(c) A beheading.
(d) A firing squad.

3. Early in his arrival, Paul Berlin is warned by another soldier not to do what in regarding a paddy?
(a) Drink from it.
(b) Wade in it.
(c) Bathe in it.
(d) Pee in it.

4. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?
(a) Shoot craps.
(b) Play soccer.
(c) Sing folk songs.
(d) Shoot Coke cans.

5. Why are Third Squad arrested in Chapter 29?
(a) Stink Harris insults a mullah.
(b) Eddie Lazzutti asks a cop directions.
(c) Oscar Johnson gets in a bar fight.
(d) Doc Peret discusses the Shah publicly.

6. With what word does Paul Berlin describe Billy Boy Watkins' death in Chapter 32?
(a) Inevitability.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Fact.
(d) Blessing.

7. Who is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?
(a) Cacciato.
(b) Harold Murphy.
(c) Eddie Lazzuti.
(d) Stink Harris.

8. What are the men entering at the very end of Chapter 41?
(a) A scorched trail.
(b) A paddy.
(c) The thick brush.
(d) A burning village.

9. Which of the following is not among the lessons Paul Berlin enumerates in Chapter 42?
(a) It hurts get shot.
(b) You hear the shot that gets you.
(c) Dead men are heavy.
(d) Keep your head down.

10. What does Third Squad give to Stink Harris as a joke in Chapter 39?
(a) Conscience of a Conservative.
(b) A Vietnamese phrasebook.
(c) Profiles in Courage.
(d) The Communist Manifesto.

11. According to Paul Berlin in Chapter 37, where are most booby traps located?
(a) Along trails.
(b) In villages.
(c) In farmland.
(d) In the jungle.

12. In Chapter 44, who discovers that Third Squad is a military outfit?
(a) A desk clerk.
(b) A French policeman.
(c) A retired miltary officer.
(d) A priest.

13. To what does Eddie Lazzutti compare Buff's body throughout Chapter 41?
(a) A pile of spaghetti.
(b) A slain bison.
(c) A praying Arab.
(d) A crab.

14. In what country is the liner docked when it is searched by police in this chapter?
(a) Italy.
(b) Greece.
(c) Turkey.
(d) France.

15. What season is it at the end of Chapter 40?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it in Chapter 32?

2. Before leaving for Vietnam, Berlin's father tells him to keep an eye out for what?

3. What principality is Third Squad in at the beginning of Chapter 43?

4. What is the boy from Chapter 31's favorite type of gum?

5. What does Paul Berlin begin doing involuntarily as he lays awake in Chapter 31?

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